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IN TEMPLO. 

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By Fra FiBtrn, Ip^:^^- • 



OSBORN. OHIO: 

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I.et otliers sini 

The silvery mist of steep cascades 
That lea]) to dim, abysmal shades, 

And "weave in light, aerial dreams. 

The loveliness of vernal woods, 
Melodious with the song of birds. 

And many a green and grassy le; 
Filled with the lowing of the herds : 

1 sing of hearts, whose myriad mootls 
Are fraught with pleasure or with pai 
I sing the new Saturnian reign. 
I weep the loss of purity. 



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ic '"^'NVhcn Si)ft amid the nneieiit. ]»r()a(l-aniu . 
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\n<l branching elms, were east tlie sun's ]:\- -^ii /| 

'.ad when the low wimls whis))ered j>ea« 
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lad inuriTiureil of celestial purity, 
^lepeatin^r le-cnds of that elder age, 
^Vhen gods y r fioquented the haiint;- 
men, 
.id t!ie ]>ure so.l yet knew no deeper sta 
)an dews of morn, sliowered from i 
hand of Night. 







'Allied by the dreamy sounds and scctp 

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F,rc yet the white-rohed i^odfless, Innoccti^ e 
Mad lied the home?; of eartli and sought tlu 
skies, 

W h'-rc r;n-rh'.- <.rrr,- »;),] discord never come 

'1 he loresi sce!iie<l a lem})lc, reared of oK' 
^■iy unseen hands of s))!riis; silent all. 
•ave for the murmur of the evening win.' 
A^hose rising surges and soft cadences 
vVere as a hymn of ])raise and glory, flung 
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Before tiie altar stood the holy ])rioht, 
Interj)roter of Heaven's oracles. 

Awed in- the sile:\ce. burdened witli tl:' \ 

tliought 
<)f ages i)assed i:\ misery and tears. ^^ 

! knelt and cried: "() ( iod ! ])rinL^ back tli. i' ' 



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|i^ Uf happiness thy creatures once enjovcd " 
> L'en while I i)rayed, from out t!ie altar < .i; 
V voice that si)ake in strange and unknow; \ 
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>eclared: ''TIkU age shall ncNcniiorc ir 

turn : 
rhis wave of Time shall ever oinvani s\\ t c; 
rill on Kternity's dim shore it break ; 
iliat age shall nevermore return to ])less 
V'ith joys unspeakable, tlie human race. 
Through error, first, ye lost that h:g!i estate 
Which ye enjoyed: those noble i>owers wh.cl 

lirst 
v'rave ve exalted rank al)o\e the beasts. 



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)r misery atul ^v<)c (locj)t:'r tluiu the ;il>v>s; 
Chose jxjwt-rs Avhich niinistL-rcd to ploaMii 

first. 
\'o\v niinistt-r t<» j>ain: those high (.Icsires, 
Chose aspirations unto hohness. 
\'o longer fill your souls: and reason's thron 

)y ])assion is usurj)e{l. JJeneath the hills 
"he glimmering star of wisdom lou* is sunk 
V.ce Avaxeth strong while virtue languishetlj 
i'hat age of happiness no more returns: 
:iut in the other distance comes an age, 
■•'ar fairer and far nobler than the Arst." 



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■ iDj.k- walls txpandcd. and f saw 

^>> : i u\v (Inn \tsta ut" the a.ucs past. 
The palmy plains of faradise. cn,uirt 
\'.rh mystic rivers.- home of jf)v and pca^ 

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\ here, in simplic ity and artlessnc>s. 
I iic shepherd loved to watch his f1.. 



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riien came tb.c r:^c ot" pouci ; ihc ji.itrianh 
y Kosc l>) a tii:<...c ;in(l Lrrasjicd .i nionarth 
I ^ <.r(.)\vn. 

Ij^ i'he wealth of >-cas adorned his i)ala(:cs. 

\nd tiatteritvj; ( ourtiers. in iheir nrh attiic. 
jr Ills fiekle faxor hoiiglit witli eas\- fij)eech : 
Mis i)eo]>le were liis slaves, and on the 

ne<:ks. 
; lis heel, in ruiiiless eruelty. >vas Kct :- 
i>cep tmlraL^e Id the e(|ual rii^hts of incw. 
'Vhich, for Ioiil,' ap:es. stained the eartli wit 
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While yet the tyrant gloried m his power, 
i'he hermit sought his lonely cave, to dwell 
in deep set lusiou fr«.)m the cares of earth. 
Vo ponder o'er the sacred rolls, and keep 
fiis soul in purity and holiness. 
I {is brothers, greedy of despotic sway. 
Made kings and councils yield obedience 
And reverence unto the Trij)le Crown :- 
A tyranny which strewed the southern j)lain> 
U'ith ashes of the niartyre<l saints of Chn^t. 
U"]tcii j>riest-hood> sunk anrl amlfnt fjni.ir.^ 
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r pon the ruins, Freedom, god-like, ra'sed 
if 1 he altar and tlie throne, and man was free 
L'pon those heights, where manhood c^f*' 
'l> snhhme. 

^ He Stood and gazed into the future ycais. 
'i|^ \\'hile hojje beat high. His nol>ler natun 
rose, 
iifreeil from tyrant heel and priestly s\va\ 
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*vi'"K ^'^*^ hapj>iness not yet to him returned. 






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Kvl^k winds of evening whispered )iea( c, cI- 
jicace. 

Dg And murmured of celestial jniritv:- 
> I'eaoe yet to eome. when in that j»njm - 
> The ^oul shall l>e in harmony with (iod; 
' /f^r^l^ "^'^^^ jjiirity. when love to (nxl and man 
[/ !'^ -^'\\:\\\ be ascendant in the human soul. 



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